[moneyrunner]

I don't mean to disagree with you. I simply wanted to point out that the "lukewarm" churches living in our midst are lukewarm for a very good reason: they have replaced the old sins of the ten commandments with the new sins of a secular society. Thou shalt not commit adultery has been replaced by thou shalt not drive an SUV.

Love and peace.

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

I simply wanted to point out that the "lukewarm" churches living in our midst are lukewarm for a very good reason: they have replaced the old sins of the ten commandments with the new sins of a secular society

How very true !!! I attend a very traditional, conservative church and we haven't replaced the "old sins". Yes, the pressure is there to do so, but we haven't caved. We have lost members (?????) because they don't want to hear about repentance, sanctity of life, the sin of homosexuality, etc. So be it. If they are offended by such preaching they are not truly seeking to worship the one true Triune God.

[jammer]

Religious liberals may mock our “literalistic” reading of the Bible at this point, preferring to simply label us “fundamentalists” and ignorant

Look, I agree with a lot you folks have to say. And [almost] all of you are fine folks. But statements like those I quoted are what piss me off. The sentence essentially says, "We read it and do what is says." Well, I read it too. That's not the problem. The problem is reading it and knowing what it DOES say. That's where well-intentioned people disagree.

For those that assert what the man claims, it is wrong. For those, like the writer, who assert that every disagreement is either misguided or caused by not reading the Bible (ignorance?), is just as wrong.